Thanks for your guidance mate . I’ll see you on zoom.

I am wondering about mental chatter
I do still see it as just thoughts . A lot of it is just rehearsing things to say or to hate on should have said . As well as planning. I don’t expect this to stop.
I recognize there is no me controlling these thoughts. It’s probably just old patterns of thinking ...

hey Marius
true it was an intellectual response.
I'll try again
1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
NO the sense of self is just a thought pattern. The "me" is a fictional character that is somehow accumulating experiences ...

) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
No its just thoughts. They come and go . When I look for them later they are gone. So they were never really there- well the thoughts did arise but the Identification with them was just a ...

Hey Marius,
the last couple of days have been going better in terms of my non dual awareness or clear seeing,
It has not been a dramatic shift however when I think back there was very little attachment to thoughts.
I also think that recognizing that I was becoming attached to a kind of blissful non ...

thanks marius for your support
I do like the positive slant. Lots of work to be done eh.
Its hard though when one day you feel like life is just unfolding the way its supposed to and the next day I am needing to consciously remind myself that what is happening belongs and that there is no self at ...

hey Marius
I am not receiving notifications re posts anymore for some reason but I'll keep checking the thread

what do I mean non dual awareness. ...
I guess I mean I was getting lost in thoughts and identifying with the struggle. I had a major issue that I needed to sort out. regarding dealing ...

Thanks Marius ,
No problem with the late response .
I don’t think I have had a permanent shift . Or at least I feel like things have gone backwards recently. It’s kind of in and out of non dual awareness for still . The last couple of days not so good with it.
Happy to look at questions though.

so that flow state had disappeared as usual when I woke the next day. which was fine_ I only need it when I am super busy anyway.

I went to a gig on the weekend and I noticed a slight difference in my mental workings.
Normally in big crowds of people I will spot people and my instinct is to ...

wow those are big questions...
I'll do my best to answer them. Sorry if it seems long winded.
Do you think that an inherently independent self exists?
No I do not believe this. The sense of self is dependent on prevailing thoughts, sensations and emotions. It changes rapidly depending on the ...

first the attention is focused on a thought story and then that story is followed by another thought saying something like: "Oh, I'm lost in a story again", followed by (hopefully) a resting of attention in "stillness". Do you follow?
yes this is exactly how its happening for me.
It is initially ...

What is happening is that there are habitual thought patterns that first create the normal suffering, then there are thoughts that remind you of the fact that those are just thoughts and "unpleasant" sensations. Isn't that right?
yes that is exactly how its happening sometimes.
Sometimes there is ...

Hey Marius,
I think the answer to your first two questions is the same. ... I was just using those terms for convenience.
I don't really believe there is such a thing as an ego and haven't for a long time.
Also yes when I was referring to my mind I meant just a term to describe the flow of ...

Who do you think you are?
What I was referring to was my ego.
But who do I actually think I am is a trick question. As the substance/ content of thought is not who I am. I can see this quite clearly . MY mind will just latch onto thoughts and claim them as my own. Then they go and my mind is on ...

Hey Marius
hope you are well...
What has been alive in your experience the past few days?

So I have been getting quite alot out of this non dual perspective. I am noticing how I am labeling things and people as others. THen I am remembering that this is just a false impression I have of someone ...